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Theodotus
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Theodote is a proper name that can designate:
First name and surname
Theodote is a first male and then epicene name, outdated.
Theodotus can also be a patronymic.
Saints and saints of the Christian Churches
Theodote of Nicaea († 304), martyred, burned alive in Nicaea with his three sons under Diocletian; Locally celebrated on 2 August by the Roman Catholic Church on 29 July and, along with other martyrs, on 22 December by the Orthodox Church.
Theodote of Alexandria († 311), or Theodotia, daughter of Athanasia, with Cyr of Alexandria, John of Alexandria and accompanied by his two sisters Theoctist (or Theoctist) and Eudoxy, martyrs in Alexandria; celebrated on January 31 (main feast) and on June 28 (translation of their relics from Canopia to Alexandria in 412 by Patriarch Saint Cyril).
Theodotus of Kyrenia († circa 315), bishop of Kyrenia in northern Cyprus; celebrated on March 2.
Other persons bearing the name
Theodotus (Byzantine Empress), second wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI from about 780 until after 797
Theodotus or , general at the service of Antiochos III
Theodote, Theodote the Valentinian, Gnostic thinker, 2nd degree?
Theodore, Athenian Hetairus
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